Sr. Manager, Regional Materials Management

Purpose:
The Sr. Manager, Regional Materials Management is responsible for leading regional materials management activities for raw materials, commodities, and shared critical supplies across the biologics manufacturing region. The role drives inventory optimization, material availability, risk mitigation, and cross-site coordination to ensure uninterrupted supply while improving operational efficiency, inventory performance, and network responsiveness.
Major Responsibilities:
Lead regional planning and inventory management activities for raw materials, commodities, and shared critical supplies across multiple manufacturing sites.
Monitor regional inventory positions and direct inventory balancing, transfers, and redeployment strategies across sites to optimize supply continuity and mitigate surplus inventory to minimize obsolescence.
Serve as the primary escalation point for regional material shortages, supply disruptions, and inventory-related risks.
Partner with Procurement to develop material supply strategies and support sourcing decisions for shared and critical materials.
Lead regional initiatives to standardize material management processes, inventory policies, and planning practices across the network.
Support governance forums, planning reviews, and business processes including S&OP, Financial Plan, and Long-Range Planning activities.
Collaborate with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Tech Ops, Procurement, and Finance leadership to resolve constraints and align priorities.
Monitor and report key performance indicators related to inventory health, material availability, stock-outs, excess and obsolete inventory, and planning effectiveness.
Partner with PDS&T, Procurement, AoS, CMM and Single Use COEs to develop and implement plans for deploying new materials and phasing out obsolete technologies
Lead continuous improvement projects focused on materials planning, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and process efficiency.
Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
10+ years of Supply Chain, Materials Management, Manufacturing Operations, or Planning experience, including experience operating across multiple sites or a network environment.
Direct experience with SAP, preferably S/4HANA, supporting materials management and supply planning processes.
Demonstrated leadership of cross-functional initiatives involving inventory optimization, supply continuity, and operational improvement
Strong analytical skills: ability to assimilate and interpret large data sets and translate into actions.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across all organizational levels; ability to influence without authority.

Skills
Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Inventory Management, SAP

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid